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Occupational Health and Safety had been center of attention throughout the developed world for some time. In Sri Lanka though there is a regulatory frame work the interest on Occupational Health and Safety is drawing the attention only now. We, Somaratna Consultants believe OH&S as a very important area since Human Resource is nothing but the most important asset of any organization.
Importance of a Management System approach was felt ever since organizations identified there is a lack of consistency in implementing controls against OH&S. Risks and identification that controls were mostly reactive. To overcome these, a Management System approach was selected. OHSAS 18001 was created via a concerted effort from a number of the worlds leading national standards bodies, certification bodies, and specialist institutes. This standard has been developed based on the BS 8800 standard and ISO 14001 standard which was around for some time.
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